Besides the crappy suspension and brain numbing drone, I love daily driving the S6. It has so much more character and connection than the A4 did. My A4 was also manual and had a turbo upgrade with water meth injection. With so much power, gear changing wasn't as involved as the ur.

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Hey that's a great save with the timing belt, yikes! Bumper looks pretty good (Marcel is me old man). I think it's time for me to get rid of the Jetta and into an S car again. Need some 5zyl in my life.

chaloux wrote:Hey that's a great save with the timing belt, yikes! Bumper looks pretty good (Marcel is me old man). I think it's time for me to get rid of the Jetta and into an S car again. Need some 5zyl in my life.

Hey Marcel! Mayur’s car is running great too, with the ecu he got when you were down.

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Oh, sorry. I meant that "Marcel is me old man," as in, he's my dad. Hahaha. But yes I remember him going down to my sister's with a bunch of stuff just before Christmas. Or after Christmas? I can't remember now. Always great to see it go to forum members!

I'm currently prepping myself to do the timing belt and the related "while-you're-in-there" items. First t-belt job for me so a little intimidated but with a couple DIYs and Bentley manual in hand, I feel like I'll be alright. Any tips/tricks would be appreciated!

If you need any help with suspension items, give me a shout. I recently refreshed my entire suspension front and rear. Still fresh in my memory. Feel free to pick my brain.

I'm currently prepping myself to do the timing belt and the related "while-you're-in-there" items. First t-belt job for me so a little intimidated but with a couple DIYs and Bentley manual in hand, I feel like I'll be alright. Any tips/tricks would be appreciated!

If you need any help with suspension items, give me a shout. I recently refreshed my entire suspension front and rear. Still fresh in my memory. Feel free to pick my brain.

Thanks! I’ll take you up on that right away. The strut insert was cake to get out and they are Bilstein B8s that still seem really strong.

The springs though.

What is the best method for getting a good one in and out?

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I'm currently prepping myself to do the timing belt and the related "while-you're-in-there" items. First t-belt job for me so a little intimidated but with a couple DIYs and Bentley manual in hand, I feel like I'll be alright. Any tips/tricks would be appreciated!

If you need any help with suspension items, give me a shout. I recently refreshed my entire suspension front and rear. Still fresh in my memory. Feel free to pick my brain.

Thanks! I’ll take you up on that right away. The strut insert was cake to get out and they are Bilstein B8s that still seem really strong.

The springs though.

What is the best method for getting a good one in and out?

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Damn that's pretty messed up! Heard of this happening to a few people. I don't live in a rust belt so I'm not sure how common this is. I removed stock springs and shocks/struts and installed H&R 29800s with Bilstein Sports on my car. Removal was fairly simple in my case. For both the front and rear, I dropped the subframes to aid and expedite the work that would be done to the bushings and such. This made removal of the springs fairly easy with a proper spring compressing tool. These can be found and most FLAPS. All that really needs to be done is to remove the three shock/strut securing nuts at the top of the strut/shock which secure it to the car. Make sure to use new fasteners when you reinstall everything as they use lock-nuts and they have a limited lifespan after a few torque sequences.Here are some pics for an example. I got bunch more of assorted suspension component work if you need too.

I'm currently prepping myself to do the timing belt and the related "while-you're-in-there" items. First t-belt job for me so a little intimidated but with a couple DIYs and Bentley manual in hand, I feel like I'll be alright. Any tips/tricks would be appreciated!

If you need any help with suspension items, give me a shout. I recently refreshed my entire suspension front and rear. Still fresh in my memory. Feel free to pick my brain.

Thanks! I’ll take you up on that right away. The strut insert was cake to get out and they are Bilstein B8s that still seem really strong.

The springs though.

What is the best method for getting a good one in and out?

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Damn that's pretty messed up! Heard of this happening to a few people. I don't live in a rust belt so I'm not sure how common this is. I removed stock springs and shocks/struts and installed H&R 29800s with Bilstein Sports on my car. Removal was fairly simple in my case. For both the front and rear, I dropped the subframes to aid and expedite the work that would be done to the bushings and such. This made removal of the springs fairly easy with a proper spring compressing tool. These can be found and most FLAPS. All that really needs to be done is to remove the three shock/strut securing nuts at the top of the strut/shock which secure it to the car. Make sure to use new fasteners when you reinstall everything as they use lock-nuts and they have a limited lifespan after a few torque sequences.Here are some pics for an example. I got bunch more of assorted suspension component work if you need too.

Thanks. I have spring compressors and will try to follow your advice.

Can’t wait to have mine as refreshed as yours. It looks great.

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blbroo wrote:Newest addition, Bluetooth music, handsfree phone and an aux plugin. The sound quality is really good, and seems a lot better than just the fm receiver.

$15 from amazon

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This is brilliant! I was planning on installing an auxilliary input jack but this seems like a much easier option! If you wouldn't mind, I would love to get a pic/video of this thing in operation. Might snag one for my car!

Sure, I can use another phone to record it being used. I listened to it on my way to work today and the sound quality is 100X better than the stock alone.

Accomplished yesterday:

H&R 29800 front springs installedNew front lower control armsFound that the front exhaust hanger (the one with the spring) wasn't hooked up. Fastening this in fixed my drone completely.

It's like an entirely different car, and I still have the rear to do and the koni shocks to install. Realized that I didn't have all the parts needed to switch from Bilstein to Koni, but swapping the inserts is cake.

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Sure, I can use another phone to record it being used. I listened to it on my way to work today and the sound quality is 100X better than the stock alone.

Accomplished yesterday:

H&R 29800 front springs installedNew front lower control armsFound that the front exhaust hanger (the one with the spring) wasn't hooked up. Fastening this in fixed my drone completely.

It's like an entirely different car, and I still have the rear to do and the koni shocks to install. Realized that I didn't have all the parts needed to switch from Bilstein to Koni, but swapping the inserts is cake.

Right on! Definitely made a huge difference for me as well. Ride is a little stiffer but I'm totally ok with that.

chaloux wrote:Oh, sorry. I meant that "Marcel is me old man," as in, he's my dad. Hahaha. But yes I remember him going down to my sister's with a bunch of stuff just before Christmas. Or after Christmas? I can't remember now. Always great to see it go to forum members!

AH, crap. My bad.

Yeah, he was down just after Christmas.

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